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WorksheetsWeekly Quiz 22 April 2020
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
Donald Trump has announced he is
withdrawing US funding to WHO. What does
WHO stand for?
World Health Organisation
What Has Oreo?
World Hunger Organisation
True or false, Britain finally left the European
True
False
A service to remember the 51 people who
died in the Christchurch attack last year, was
cancelled in March. Which of the following
mosque was involved in the attack?
Al Noor mosque
Jamia mosque
Al-Ameen
Which country did Prince Harry and Meghan
Markle move to when they stepped down
from royal life last term?
South Africa
Canada
New Zealand
How many levels are there in New Zealand’s
Covid-19 alert system?
3
4
6
In February, Donald Trump was cleared of all
charges during his ...?
infringement trial
impeachment trial
entrenchment trial
Which company was offered funding support
by the Government of up to almost $1
billion?
Foodstuffs
Fonterra
Air New Zealand
Which car brand announced in February that
they will be shutting down by the end of the
year?
Holden
Ford
Toyota
Actor and director, Jennifer Ward-Lealand,
was awarded the title of New Zealander of
the Year for 2020. For what reason did she
win the award?
giving equal opportunity for people with
disabilities to star in her films
making a documentary about homeless
families in New Zealand
campaigning for te reo Māori
Queen, Alice Cooper and 5 Seconds of
Summer all performed in a concert in
February, to raise money for ...?
combating climate change
combating Covid-19
Australian bushfire relief
The Department of Conservation announced
last term that they had culled 12,000 tahr in
a bid to bring numbers of the alpine pest
under control. What are tahr?
goats
deer
pigs
people under 4
What is the name of the South Korean film
that made Oscar history last term by
becoming the first non-English language film
to win best picture?
Parasite
Paradise
Parrot Slice
Why was Apple fined almost $43 million in
February by a French consumer watchdog?
for deliberately slowing down older
iPhones
for selling phones with faulty batteries
for advertising some phones as
waterproof when they weren’t
When Boris Johnson was publicly thanking
the medical staff who cared for him in a
London hospital, he named and praised two
people in particular. One was a New Zealand
nurse who he referred to as "Jenny from ...."
Porirua
Greymouth
Invercargill
Hamilton
England
Why was Russian President Vladimir Putin
in the news in March?
he was evacuated from the Kremlin
due to a bomb threat
he had changed laws to allow him seek
re-election in 2024
he had introduced laws that require
everyone under 25 to complete two
years of military service
